Address by the award-winning author and graphic novelist is being called the best commencement speech of 2012

With more than 430,000 views and counting, the 2012 commencement speech by award-winning author and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman to graduates of the University of the Arts urging them to "make good art" has become an international Internet sensation, striking a chord with creative people around the world.

Gaiman also received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (HDFA) at UArts' 134th Commencement ceremony, held May 17, 2012, at the Academy of Music on Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts. The Sandman and Coraline author gave heartfelt and funny advice to the 546 graduates of the University's colleges of Art, Media and Design and Performing Arts, whose disciplines range from illustration to dance and sculpture to musical theater.